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BUS SMASH HORROR

Shocking moment four people are killed when bus ploughs into cars after the driver ‘fell asleep at the wheel’

Footage of the horrific crash in South Korea showed the car careening into the end of a traffic queue

THIS is the horrific moment four people were killed when a bus driver accused of being asleep at the wheel piled into four cars backed up on a motorway.

Footage of the crash in Yeongdong, South Korea, shows vehicles being shunted aside when the out-of-control bus careens into them.

The bus speeds down the highway appearing to be fully under control
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The bus speeds down the highway appearing to be fully under controlCredit: YouTube
But it appeared the driver had failed to see a queue of traffic in front of him
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But the driver fails to see a queue of traffic in front of him - and rips through the first car it hitsCredit: YouTube
The bus smashed through several more cars before coming to rest
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Due to the speed it was travelling, it then smashed through several more queuing carsCredit: YouTube
At least 4 people were killed and another 37 wounded in the crash
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At least four people were killed and another 37 wounded in the crashCredit: YouTube

Four people were killed in the crash, while another 37 were wounded.

Police said they were investigating whether the driver had fallen asleep or was using a mobile phone at the time - accusations the driver denied,  reported.

Video of the deadly smash was recorded from another vehicle travelling just yards ahead of the bus.

It showed the coach travelling along an open road seemingly without any vehicles ahead of it.

But when it gets close to a tunnel - the vehicle containing the camera peels off to the right to bypass the queuing traffic.

Remarkably, the bus does not slow down at all - it ploughs straight into the back of the queue.

The first vehicle appears almost completely decimated, while a second, third, fourth and fifth are all hit to varying degrees.

The vehicles were queuing outside the entrance to a tunnel in South Korea
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The vehicles were queuing outside the entrance to a tunnel in South KoreaCredit: YouTube


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